As an Anthropology student in
my undergraduate years, my professor clearly stated that in the
United States, monogamy
was the most accepted form of marriage, but polygamy is the most popular form of
marriage.The entire class rejected that idea, including
myself, because if you are caught with more than one wife in the
United States, you might
live to regret it.It can lead to divorce, alimony, credit
problems, and paying child support until the children are 18 years of age.This is a strong deterrent to polygamy. How can people still be
practicing polygamy in the
United States?

In the old times, before
Christianity became a global force, polygamy was the order of the day. The
wealthier class showed off their wealth through elaborate wedding ceremonies,
while the lower class practiced it by conjugation.This was
where the community, including the woman and her family, agreed that any woman
you had been with or had a baby for you was your wife.In
both cases, there was not necessarily a marriage certificate.The community, especially the families of the involved, only had to be
aware.Polygamy was normality for the wealthy class.It was used to build strategic multiple alliances and maintain resource
control.It was also an efficient way to guaranty a
profitable labor force and life insurance through the children.A high number of women brought high numbers of children.At a time of primitive health care and high infant mortality rate, it was
also a guaranty that some of the children will reach adulthood to cater for
their parents. All the parents had to do was make sure their
surviving children were well placed in society through their alliances.Some lower class people also practiced polygamy for pleasure and as a
tactical disguise to pass off as wealthy.This was usually
very counterproductive because the family usually fell apart due to lack of
adequate economic and political alliance, but they were some lucky ones.

So polygamy actually, is when
an individual is having more than one close or sexual relationship at any given
time or in sequence with or without a marriage certificate.
It is a relationship that is not committed to one person.It
could be a woman with many men, a man with many women, or all forms of
homosexual or bisexual relationships that are multiple.
Adultery and multiple fornications are also forms of polygamy, with or without
children.Marriage certification is usually used by the
legal systems in the modern societies for taxation and inheritance purposes.It is revenue for the government and not meant to promote love or
happiness in a marriage.Marriage was a union or
association between two or more people, which was recognized by their families
and their communities.So if you are an individual in
multiple relationships, whether your lovers know it or not, you are a practicing
polygamist.If you have multiple relationships that are
obvious to all, including your lovers, then you and your lovers are official and
paramount polygamist.Polygamy does not need to be
legalized; it will always be with us.Polygamists only get
punished in the
United States when their
lover takes them to court only after signing the marriage certificate.People still practice polygamy in modern societies to build alliances
that secure their jobs or maintain cash flow, increase their social status,
guaranty their business success, maintain a customer base, and for the pleasure
that comes with it.

Before the power of the
church became a force to be reckoned with in
Europe, homosexuality and bestiality (sex with
animals), where common occurrences that was practiced by people of power and
influence.During the dark ages of
Europe, the church came up and took a stand.It was a time where death by various and unknown diseases was the order
of the day.The church

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Saint Augustine, who was an African priest from
Algeria and a practicing
homosexual, declared that monogamy between one man and his wife should become
the legitimate norm of the day.Talk about “do as I say and
not do as I do”.His argument was that sexual sins with
animals, same gender, and multiple partners, were the reasons for the epidemic
in
Europe and the known world.
The church believed his theory, and enforced monogamy by law on its followers
and the nations under its control.With time, many of the
plagues that afflicted the known world was reduced or eliminated.We are not too sure if it was directly related to the practice of
monogamy or some other cultural and herbal practices, but Christendom, out of
gratitude, made monogamy a law through preaching and writings.

As a Christian, I can not
strongly oppose those who practice polygamy.Not only was
polygamy recorded as early as Genesis 4 in the Bible, but many great role model
in the Bible, such as David, Solomon, Jacob (Israel), and Abraham, were clearly
polygamous.Many Christians would encourage us to focus on
the New Testament, but it is not detailed enough to tell us the real life
relationships of the characters. The New Testament was more interested in the
Christ and the establishment of the church.Characters like
Jesus, John the Baptist, and Apostle Paul were not even married, but they spoke
against adultery.Aside from Paul encouraging workers of the
church to have one wife, Jesus never addressed it.Jesus did
encourage the certificate of divorce under the new Roman rule, but never address
number of spouses.

Homosexuality and bestiality
never really made any sense to me morally, socially, biblically, economically,
or politically.It was originally a relationship that
occurred among the powerful in private and secret organizations, among
individuals who had occupation of celibacy, and individual who had distant or
seasonal careers away from home that did not have adequate access to the
opposite gender.It was a practice of initiation and
belonging to some, and it was a practice of convenience and support to others.The coming of monogamy law of the church further reduced these practices
to private obscurity. With the liberation and empowerment of women, which is a
good thing, women are now more demanding in their requirements for a
relationship.Due to this pressure and other modern societal
demands, many men, and some women, have decided to reduce the importance of
traditional marriage.Some even decided to eliminate it.Many in this category with time begin to form conjugal and polygamous
relationships with the opposite gender, either one after the other, or about the
same time.Some begin to realize that the company of the
same gender is very pleasurable, especially if they tend to complement each
other in alleviating the conditions of their social concerns.So if you have been with more than one person in your life, you have
practiced polygamy before, especially if you are married to more than one of
them, or one of them is not or will never became your spouse.

In regards to legalizing homosexuality
or considering it a sickness or a crime, I will let the people of the land,
which includes the Christian perspective, to decide that.If
we look at it from a political and legal point of view, which is marriage
certificate for taxation and inheritance, I believe we all have rights, but from
a humane perspective, I stand with the church and the Bible.
In Genesis 19, when the men of the city went to sodomize the male guests of Lot,
Lot agreed to give them his virgin daughters
for marriage, prostitution, adultery, fornication and even rape, that to allow
the act of homosexuality in his household.After God
destroyed all the inhabitants of
Sodom and
Gomorrah,
Lot and his family were speared because he was
righteous.I do not want another European plague, be it
based on sexual immorality or not.When the body does not do
the right things, the body suffers for it.Also, when a
society does not do the right things, its members also suffer from it.Why don’t we put pleasure and convenience aside, and for the sake of
humanism do what is natural and what is right.Not
everything cools or okay is beneficial and necessary.